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Show HN: CheekyKeys – A Face-Controlled Keyboard

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As an able bodied person, I see potential in mapping some of these to specific regular actions, rather than individual key presses. Using this, along with dictation and a keyboard/mouse combo could save a lot of time.

zoom in: eyes bulge

zoom out: eyes squint

These defaults seem like the exact opposite of how you use your eyes to look at real things. Cartoons are not good reference material for HUI (unless you want cartoonish outcomes).

It called 'natural zoom'

A play on macOS's backwards 'natural scrolling'? Very good!

As an 'unnatural' scroller, yes! And you could always swap the two lines to customize it: https://github.com/everythingishacked/CheekyKeys/blob/master...

As someone who has the bad habit of lying in bed at night with my laptop on my chest and my hands tucked into the sheets reading and watching things, I think this is great!

This seems somewhat more convenient than rolling your face across the keyboard, which was what first came to mind reading that title.

Doing it because you can aside, I feel like if you're a handicapped person with full control of your face voice dictation would probably be a better solution.

I could see both synthesized being super powerful. maybe with eye tracking too?

like gestures on a trackpad

Per the video, this was for typing while holding a sleeping baby. Hence the need to be quiet.

Of course, shame on me for not watching it.

It's highly entertaining! But also I understand not watching videos.

I watched the gif for a few loops...

I knew someone who had to switch to voice dictation due to RSI problems during an especially intensive work period, who ended up temporarily losing their voice through overuse. Of course that could happen with anything, overuse of a tool like this could lead to facial tics or neuralgia-like symptoms. But it's definitely got potential as an accessibility tool.

Only a matter of time before someone uses this to auto-post memes/gifs of common emotional responses.

This not only types but you also get free face yoga :D

Love your repos

Thank you!

I concur... LOL at 'pants'.

In before someone made a "my O face" joke.

backspace: duckface + double blink

oh god haha

i wish it holds backspace until you open your eyes haha

My original version used blinking for all the Morse code, but then the entire typing process was basically this experience :D

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